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The Cheapness OF Gas Abroad.

FROM New York Paper.
Three companies supply London with gas. In
1854 the ruling price was IS cents per thousand
and the companies paid large dividends. The Gas
light and Coke Company paid about IL per cent
The South Metropolitan Company, whose product
exceeds that OF the Consolidated Company of this
city, yielded as great profit to its stockholders
We have at hand statistics relating to these three
companies and to twelve other companies doing
business In the suburbs Of London. The average
price charged TO consumes by these fifteen COM
panleS Is only 75k cents per thousand. The rates
OF companies In the provincial cities Of England
are even lower. The average for nineteen such
companies Qnclud1ng those doing business in Biz
mingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Shefield
and Nottingham is only 5S4 cents per thousand
The entire average cost OF manufacture and dis
tr1bution for the fifteen companies supplying gas
in London and suburban towns Is 49, cents per
thousand, so that the average profit Is 29ai cents
per thousand, out OF which dividends on STOCK
interest on bonds, and amortization expenses
are paid The cost for the nineteen provincial
POS! cents. Tine dividends appear to be paid upon
capital actually invested. The capital of the
South Metropolitan Co, OF London in 1884 WAS
only 81, iO1, 500, although the company produced
and d1str1bted 10 per cent more gas than was sold
In the following year by the Consolidated Co., OF
this city, whose capital was $39,O7S, 900. The
London company required acaptal Of only 81 50
per Thousand feet, while the New York company
required S10.23, but more than $50 600 900 OF the
New York cOmpany'5 capital was water. The
average cost OF gas delivered by two London COM
panieS In 1888 was 43 cents per thousand and it
was estimated by the president OF the American
Gasight Association that the higher price of
this side of the Atlantic would raise the cost to
Go cents in New York.
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zone eve of beauty, when the sun
Was on the stream of GuadalQuiyer
To gold converting, one by one,
The ripples of that mighty river:
Beside me on the bank was seated
A Seville girl, with auburn hair
And eyes that might the world have cheated
wild, bright, wicked, diamond pair
She stopped and wrote upon the sand
Just as the loving sun Was going,
With such soft, small, shining hand
You would have sworn t was silver flowing;
Her words were three, and not one more;
What could Diana's motto be-
The syren wrote upon the shore,
Death. not INCONSISTENCY
And then her two large, languid eyes
She turned on me. the devil take me!
i set the stream on fire with sighs,
And was the fool she chose to make me-
SAINT Francis would have been deceived
BY such an eye and such hand
But one week more, and believed
As much the woman as theSAndi"
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From the Kansas City Times
A gentleman who recently met Sam Jones on a
railway train repeats part OF the conversation as
follows:
Said /: "Adam and Eve were the first two people
on earth According to the Bible they had two
sons-Cain and Abel. Cain slew Abel and then
fed into the land OF Nod and took unto himself a
wife. Adam and Eve, the first Cain and bel next
and got away from his awful crime as quickly as
his legs would carry him. Then" continued ex-
citediy, right in the same sentence the Bible saws
he TOOK unto himself a wife. Where did she come
FRONT" sank back, thinking had given him a
poser.
his eyes twinkled; his lips parted in smile.
IAN nary one OF them preachers could tell your"
he asked.
mo, sir; not one"
We'll" he continued, 'that's funny, for that's a
mighty easy question" He smiled again. and said /:
w ny, cam got his wife from his father-in-law."
was done I'D.
where is hen, that you preachers talk so much
abOut?" asked
Il dunno" he said. 81 don't want to know. I
amt headln that way. I'm going to let them fel-
lerS as are gOin thar find OUT
"WhatS your idea of backsliders?n
wen, he said, ''there was man walkfn' along a
country lane In Arkansas once with pitchfOrk on
MS shoulder. and very vicious dog jumped over
the renee ana made at him. He jabbed the pitch
fork through the dog and impaled 1t to the earth
mean SIR, he shouted, 10y Stickfn' yO pitchfawk
through my dog?' He was gOin' to bite me- said
the other. why didn't you hit him with the other
end them why didn't he come at me with the
other end? was the answer"
After had ceased laughing the Rev. Mr. Jones
Said:-
Just like the dog, backsliderS are gOtn' wrong
emu 10 ana consequently get into trouble"
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The Comet a Very Small One.

The COmet q very shall Ones
From the Albany Argus, May Is.
Last evening the calculated particulars relative
to the new comet discovered last Thursday by Bar.
nard, Of Nashville, were telegraphed from the
Dudley Observatory to the various centers in this
country and in Europe for distribution to the lead
ing ObservatOries. The comet turns out to be a
very small affair, though it is relatively near the
miles, and by the latter part Of June this viii be
reduced to $4,000, 600, when the comet will be
three times as bright as now. Yet it will not at
any time be visible without the aid Of telescope
The comet reaches its least distance from the sun
near the last OF June, u.s. 600 600 miles 1t is now
100 600 900 miles from the and travelling along
outside the earth's orbit in a direction approx.
mately parallel with the course OF the earth SC
that it will remain long time In view of astrono-
mers. There Is no record OF any comet like this
and 1t probably visits the solar system now fol
the first time.
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Mine Enemy.
Upon the street he passed me by

Upon the street he passed me by
To-day, my bitter enemy.
Ny heart was full Of bitterness,
winch 'twould have pleased me to express
In what contempt held my foe.
But better feelings DER me came;
My cheeks burned with the flush Of shame.
How could have been SO unkind!
He might have trouble on his mind.
Ny heart was full of bitterness
His might be weighted with distress.
To injure him had the will
His wife or children might be ill,
And they, his cherished ones must be,
AS dear to him as mine to me.
Thus musing 'twixt regret and shame
To this conclusion there came:
If we of one great family
Each form a separate part,
There is no room for enmity
In any human heart.
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The Drought Of 1913.

From the unpublished letters OF Jefferson, ap-
pearing In the Southern. Bir0udc, the following
description OF the drought of 1913 Is taken:
"From the fork Of James River and the falls Of
other rivers upward and westwardly, we have
had the most calamitOus year ever seen since
11oo. 1t began with the blockade so that the fine
crops OF the last year made in these upper parts
which could not be at market till after Christmas
Keeping my flour till the approach OF the new
harvest was obliged to sell it, lest it should spoil
on my hands, at price which Melted me only ~
cents buShel for my wheat, of course total
sacrifice. In the year 1855 it never rained
from April to November. There was not
bread enough to eat, and many died of famine.
This year IN these upper regions we have had
goth, five months, except slight shower in
May The wheat was killed by the drought as
dead as the leaves OF the trees are. The stems
fell before the scythe without being cut, and the
little grain in the head shattered on the ground
From 500 acres SOwed here have not got In 100
bushels, not three times the seed Our corn has
suffered equally. From go acres planted, and
500 TO 1000 barrels, / shall not get barrel an
acre. and great portion OF that will be what are
called nubbins, being half-fOrmed ears with little
grain on them. Corn consequently starts with US
at three and third dollars, and being the princi-
pal food OF our laborers, its purchase will be
heavy tax. am told the drought has been equally
fatal as far as Kentucky. There have been few
local exceptions here from small bits OF clouds ac-
cidentally passing over some farm. Should the
uance OF the blockade through the winter we shall
be absolutely bankrupt by the loss OF two success
slve crops. This Is really the case for eXclaimng
80 fortunate mercatOriesr"
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RRMxxBEn THE BoYs

SATURDAY. THERE BEING NO SCHOOL.
rs THE DAY FOR DRESSING UP THE YOUNG
STEERS AT THIS SEASON THIN wooIEN
SUITS ARE THE CORRECT THINGS CHEW
lots, sBRGEs AND LaeHT-wEIaHT cAssI-
MEREs ARE COOL BEING LOOSELY
WOVEN, BUT STILL WARM ENOUGH roR
THE COOL MORNINGS AND EVENINGS.
OUR STOCK Is REPLETE WITH CHOICE
THINGS FOR BOYS AND SMALL BOYS IN
OUR BUSINESS WE CALL SUITS WITH
LONG PANTS BOYS" sUITs..AND THOSE
WITH SHORT PANTS SMALL BoYs~ sUITa
IN BOYS" SUITS OUR PRICES RANGE
FROM ss TO se5. AND OUR STOCK EN-
BRACES THE NEWEST AND MOST sryL-
IsH GOODS, MADE IN PLAIN DRESS SUITS
ORR STYLISH MIXED AND PLAID CHEW
lots. AND cAssIMEREs
IN"sMALL BOYS "sUITs WE HAVE THE
NOVELTIES" AND EXCLUSIVE STILES
OF THE NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA
MARKETS.
SPECIALLY FINE GOODS IN sERGIs. I'M
PORTED CAssIMEREs AND CHEvIoTs
ELEGANT WHITE SERGE, AND FLANNEL
NORFOLK AND SAILOR SUITS. JERSEY
SAILOR SUITS, VERY LIGHT WEIGHT ASD
HANDSOME. OUR RANGE or PRICES ON
SMALL BOYS SUITS Is FROM TO l6
YEARS A FINE LINE AT THE POPULAR
PRICE oFs5
ODD PANTS, AIL-wooL, NEW STYLES OF
CAssIMEREs ATsL
WE THINK WE HAVE MORE NEW, FINE
AND DESIRABLE STYLES THAN ANY
OTHER HOUSE IN WASHINGTON AND WE
SHOW THEM WHERE CUSTOMERS CAN
HAVE STRONG LIGHT To SEE THEM BY
WILL BE GLAD TO SHOW YOU.
E-B BARNUM q CO.,
my25 e31 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
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availability, 1t may be sufacfent to say that one
bought at Hayward's In London, nine years ago,
Is In existence STILL the body part doing duty as
1chu, the hounces as cascades upon another wrap,
after having seen four years in It's original FORM
lens which the dress question presents in our eli
mate, and with the necessity that all women feel
for dressing up to q certain standard, more
sharp contrasts and pitiless shafts, to which, not
only the season but the variations of weather ex-
Pose an W, VINO t i've In N0sn Amerca demand pro
verstfed character. The questions in regard to
these are made more perplex1ng by the fact that
to some other and are subject to arbitrary and
capr1ciOus authority, which exercises its power
without any regard to health or common sense.
AS all our wraps are imported, or copied from
imported Styles the cost Is an important item and
this is the reason why very many ladies wait for
the heavy reductions made at the close of a season
on ali cut and made articles, and buy to put away
for next year. There is nothing that Is more
needed than special cloak houses, managed by In
and know the needs of their SEX The present
departments" are all In the hands OF ssbuyers -
whogo abroad and make their selections in sum-
mer for the next winter, in winter for the sum-
mer, and have not idea beyond what they think
Will "take" the market.
PARAsOIs
are becoming objects OF supreme luxury. A famous
silver house IN New York now makes q feature OF
them, as Tiffany has always done, and exhibits
not one but dozens, from $50 tO$2OO each. About
$75 worth Of silver is hammered or encrusted into
the stick, the rest of the amount being scattered
over the parasOl in one way or another it is hard
TO tell where, Each one is OF course special pro-
auction, no two being alike, and the brOcadeS, in
clustered stripes, the plaids, the checks the en-
broidered figures being the newest. Still the COM
mon mind would ind it difficult to take the total
OF value In, and much Of the satisfaction of pos
session must arise from an individual conscious
nSeS which cannot be shared.
New designs In handkerchiefS are lovely, because
so exquisitely fine and delicate. One has border
consisting Of seven waved lines in the finest hem
stitching, alternating with regular rows OF worked
form q narrow border in Reedlework. beyond
which is an equally narrow edg1ng of fine, real
valencienneH. JENNY JvNR
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KYn0ctatiOn Apa



Alligator Plenty.
Sylyania (Ga.) Telephone.
On Wednesday OF last week, while one OF Mr.. R
T. Mills sons was blowing in field about a mile
from this place, he discovered an alligator about
5 feet long crossing the field and going In the
direction OF q pond near by. Thinking he would
have some sport by stopping and teasing it he left
his pillow and started Tor IL, and was surprised to
find that 1t did not halt upon his approach, where
upon he gave chase, but was left behind In the
race. The alligator jumped into large ditch and
disappeared for few minutes. After waiting q
ditch was alive with reptileA Mr. r. T. Mills hap
pened along just then with his r1ne and killed
twenty, from ~ to 8 feet In length, and says he
couldn't miss them out Of the number he saw In
the ditch.
She Impressed Atns
From the Savannah News.
A husband was sitting In his.st0re at Marietta
when q letter In familiar handwriting was
handed to him. It was from his wife, whom he
had left at home that morning with every assur-
ance of affection and devotion. But the very FIRST
sentence startled him, and as he read on the most
horrible suspicion seized him.
81 am forced to tell you something that know
viii trouble you, but II is my duty 20 do 50. am
determined you shall know 1t, let the result be
trial was coming but kept It TO myself until to
day, when It has reached crisis, and can keep
It no longer. You must not censure me too harahly
for you must reap the reward as wen as myself
do hope It won't crush you. The hour Is all out.
Please send some this afternoon. thought BY
this method you would not forget 1tr
She was right he didn't
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by which wonders may be wrought, always
agree-blandly agree; but / never go out before
breakfast on foggy morning to put the thing to
a practical test.
And it Is needless to add that after that hours
experience on a hard stone am no longer disci-
pie OF the Berkeley school in philosophy.
W. z PARsONs
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SPLENDID BAReArss.
NEW AND DESIRABLE GOODS

SPLENDID BAReA1Ss,
NEW AND DESIRABLE GOODS
INCUR
MOURNING AND BLACK DRESS GOODS DEPT
Coo. REAL VALUE sipRR YARD
Black. all wool. double and twisted French c.nv,s
values ever offered il cost IN cents import We
closed the entire lot which enables us to se them At
the low price of 80 cents per yard.
49,. REAL VALUE CSC.
Black. all wool Nuns Yelling. % inches wide. 1hs
2oc. REAL VALUE SOC
Black. all wool Grsnadine, % inches wide, open
woven, for summer wear, 20 cents per yard
esc- REAL VALUE 37kc.
Panama Grsnsdine. all wool, % inches w1de. new
weave and design. extra good value.
y7kc. FORMERLY 75c
All wool Dentelle, in plain and figured lace elect
guaranteed to give satisfaction in the wear.
4oc. EXTRA GOOD VALUE.
Black Nuns Yelling. good quality. 40 inches wide
This is sdecidsd bargain.
Soc PER YARD
BLACK batlste, 80 inches wide, very Desirable and
good value 1t the price,
SOC. PER YARD
Black Albatross, 40 inches wide This is always q
desirable fabric, and is better than can be purchased
for the same money anywhere.
sl25 PER YARD.
Maria Theresa Cloth, silk warp This is entirely
new AZ inches wide, fine finish and will give salts
faction in the wear.
We would suggest visit to our LADIES' MUSLIN
stock contains everything in most complete stock.
All our Underwear warranted.
OUR GENTS FURNISHING DEPT
Is quite feature with U.S. We carry meps requisites
at much below the regular prices and give YOU
your pick out of scores Of styles.
IN OUR SOAP AND PRRFUMERY DEPARTMENT
kept all the good makes of soaps and all the
tracts.
Lungborgs Perfumes.
Lubin's Perfumes.
Oakleys Perfumes
Colsste's Perfumes.
Wenck's Perfumes
Ffor1da Water. Toilet Waters.
Bay Rum. Pond Lily.
All Face Powders and Toilet Powders of merit
Complexion Goods Satchets Powders &C On all OF
which are the lowest prices
All the Novelties in Chemsettes Collars and cuffs
Ruchings Ties Also all the Newest Novelties in Meta
Belts and Grdles These will be the for Sprin<
and Summer.
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Tm Co1unmA MuruAL Lurx As.
ISOLATION.
No. 1919 STREET. WASHINGTON. DC.
Schedule of total each age for 900 insuf
ance psysbieepery three months:

FRANK j. TIBBFTS, Secretary.
II. ID. NORTON, Assistant Secretary
J.w. DREW,
ap4-3m Agent for the District of Columbia
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II Frightened Her.

Old Man (reaaing report OF base BAN rame,-
They got onto Clarkson early in the game ana
pounded him all over the field. He succeedes IN
striking out two men, after hot grounder hao
gone right through Burns and man had beer,
given life on first, and then the visitors Wie1ie1i
the willow in earnest and knocked the unfontnn.
ate twtrler clear out OF the box.
Old Lady-Don't read any more OF that f,oht
please, Josiah. It's too dreadful Dear mel nearr
mel Where could the constable have been9 Ana
they call this Christian country
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WINNERS In Yesterdays RAcEs.-The winners
OF the races at Brooklyn yesterday were Trouba-
dour, King Crab, Favor, Guenn, FlageOletta and
Orlando. At Lauonia, Bella, Leila Estrella Jac0bin,
and Raceland.
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Expecta&ton Of Human Lift

Expectation Of Human Life.
The following table of the expectation of life at
twenty five years OF age comedies with singular
accuracy with the whole experience OF one of the
oldest and most reliable life assurance establish
ments in london, England.
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GOING OUT In the car the other day. saw
bright little miss or my acquaintance with book
on rather absGruSe subject. / said: "Well INV
dear you select very deep literature for your read
Ing. she answered: on, Is Ut Well, did not
compared SO Beautifully with my hat Did You
ever see a more perfect matchfn-Sprin ofeLd
HOUeSfeQd.
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How to Get Leisure.

From the Philadelphia Call
First Northumberland, isn't it?"
Second Merchant-"very sultry. Makes me
think OF the seashore or the mountains but
can't get away
time"
"How7"
ssTake your advertisement out Of the papers,
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Ills NAV

bat: -
The maiden bloomed forth in $40 hat:
The dude doth walk abroad his legs done ND in
bagging; n -
And the dog doth bask in sunlight with his little tail
a-wagging
Sprns lamb Is on the market and grass Is the
sod -
Green peas wax somewhat chesper-'bout 81. 10 per
pod
The silence of the city is broken by the sweet,
Melodlous sound of Strr-r-roarbrys'from hucksters
the street;
And from the mansions of the proud rich resounding
thwack
Tells tales Of carpet beating in the little yard aback
Oh, yeai
'Tls May Life
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Es 4 4 $$$$ \ N ss N s ssss
BIB A UU Nm n SSSs :. -
TIT BRR Y Y MN KK ssss
T IRE NM XIX Ssss
r UU n M SSSS -

we are showing line OF Trunks which, IN prices and
assortment cannot be matched in the city. We have
them from the CHEAPEST TO the FINEST. We mem
ton few items to illustrate what doing in this
line:
PACKING TRUNKS.
Extra-large boxes, double bound sheet-iron edges
well slated iron balance strong locks. iron center
band bottom rollers, leather handles and metal caps
all well-made, lined with fancy paper.
Size "a. %. 81, SO,
soc. s1.25. &1.5O. sL75
STEAMER TRUNKS
Covered with duck, double-bound iron edges, well
SLATED and clamped, patent bolts.
' $3.50. S; e.. s4a5
ZINC TRUNKS
Extralarge round top boxes, covered with crystal
lied zinc sheetron double bound edges large double
headed hardwood Stats setup tray, with bonnet box
Sizes 70 to SO; 20 is $2.5 raise 25c- . size.
DUCK TRUNKS.
Barrel-top covered with heavy duck painted slate
color and vanished. Sizes % to "a; 20 ID e325;
raise SOC. . size.
LEATHER TRUNKS
Basrel-top large boxes, covered with leather wide
on top two all round the body, strap hinges put on
with strong rvets patent bolts and rollers full Sam.
Sizes, rs. 80. 30. "a. 80.
20. &5.5O. 10 &0-JO. $S.Zo
full line of Gents Trunks and extra-size ladies'
Trunks 1t all prices
GENTS CLUB SATCHELS.
Good quality heavy leather large double Aange
Japanned frame large double hasp nickel lock STRONG
nickel nsp-catches: linen lined
Sizes IL. 13. IA. Is.
81. s2.26 e2.50. s2.90
PATENT FRAME
Continental Club Bag. solid leather leather lined
very handsome 6atchel: g.
REAL ALLIGATOR
Club Hatchel extra-6ne quality. patent fnms; the
finest in the market; leather lined; ESQ.
vALISES
Solid Leather valse, imitation AliestoE linGn lined;
e326. The same. duck covered ESQ
E: E: Il $,j$ I'VE r: :
nss7 7xz 9TH AND sTRxETa
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Don't hasten," said to the very pleasant and
interesting lady who was calling on me. 81 must,
she replied; Il have promised to give Mrs IS
ntte son treatment this afternoon els he fll?n
inquired ION no, but he is inclined to be leal-
GUS ana his mother wants me to treat that ont OF
Ms minu before they go away" The lady was one
OF the most successful and accomplished or the
Mlnd curers, woman fairly educated and re-
markaOly Intelligent, poised, and calm. She be-
neSes eSi tendencies can be extracted by thought
from the minds OF the children and who shall say
that there Is not here a true principle and one
that the great educators have used WitRont con-
scioaSly formulating it?-B0ston Letter ho ne Neu
Orleans Times Democrat - - -
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Tricks of the Trade In H80stOn.


i was somewhat surprised the other day to OBJ
serve that the salespeople employed I'm the female
underwear department OF our biggest dry goods
establishments were exclusively OF the male sex,
and since then have learned that like arrange
nent Is made ia all the Hnen-drapers' shops Of
Boston, Now, to the uniformed, 1t might appear
that women would findit embarrassing 10 discuss
the patterns, measurements, &C., OF their most
Senliat garments with 5nen behind the counter
ana thab la this department beyond all Others it
WOULD DE desirable TO employ female attendants
III seems howe Yer, that such is far from being the
case me moor manager OF a large house assured
me that 1.-The ladies' as rule, preferred TO buy
tnelr underclothing OF male clerks, though why
THIS Is so he failed TO clearly explain He did say
That young girls fannelS aud things were usually
purchased Dy their mammas, who, "being married
Ielt no false modesty about such trifies and also
that IL was impossible to replace the counter
hopperS In pantaiOOns with women because the
men, who are frequent customers in the feminine
GnderSarInent line would be too bashful to ask
about the goods So 1t appears that in matters OF
this Sort at any rate the masculine brute has more
deLcacy than the female OF his species.
Another interesting barbariSm has attracted my
notice here In the shoe shops. In New York and
other cities stools provided for ladies to rest
their feet upon while they are having boots tried
on Dut In Boston the affable clerk takes the fair
customers tootsies upon his lap, holding them in
position with firm grasp above the ankle while
ne goes through the buttontng and unbuttOning
process. fortunately, however, there is no such
thing as sex In business